Announcements

The American Society of International Law (ASIL) announces the appointment of Mark D. Agrast to serve as the Society's eighth executive director beginning October 20, 2014. Mr. Agrast succeeds Elizabeth Andersen, who left the Society this summer after nearly eight years to lead the American Bar Association's (ABA) Rule of Law Initiative...

Attorney-Mediator Don Philbin was installed as chair of the State Bar of Texas ADR Section at its Annual Meeting in Austin.
Mr. Philbin was also named one of seven Texas mediators in the 2014 International Who's Who of Commercial Mediation. He has been included in the publication since its inception in 2011. Other peer review publications have...

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global bar association representing more than 35,000 in-house counsel in over 85 countries, today released its first global report on the state of work-life balance among in-house lawyers, which underscored the worldwide movement toward creating a healthy equilibrium between professional ambitions...

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP has announced its continued support and partnership with Women’s Startup Lab (WSLab) as the organization prepares to launch its third accelerator program for female founders of tech companies.
Procopio, which continues to build on its reputation for representing innovative startups and emerging...

Anderson Kill, a national law firm known primarily for its work in insurance recovery, has formed a Cyber Insurance Recovery Group to help clients maximize insurance coverage for losses stemming from data breaches and other technology-related losses and liabilities.
Anderson Kill's insurance recovery practice has successfully represented retailers,...

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global bar association representing more than 34,000 in-house counsel in 89 countries, will host the 2014 ACC Annual Meeting in New Orleans, October 28-31. The ACC Annual Meeting, which is the largest gathering of corporate lawyers worldwide, will highlight professional development, business...

The Corporate Counsel Committee of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section is presenting a CLE program at the Business Law Section’s Annual Meeting. The program is co-sponsored by 42 additional committees of the Business Law Section. The program is entitled “How Inside and Outside Corporate Counsel Can Work...

The Workshare team is known for celebrating success and there’s good cause to celebrate this month!
Leading analyst house Gartner has named Workshare in its 2014 Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing (EFSS) Magic Quadrant. Gartner tracks over 160 global companies in the enterprise file sync and sharing sector, so for Workshare to be selected...

The board of directors of Pro Bono Partnership announced today that Rick Hobish, the organization's co-founder and executive director, has decided to leave the organization. Under his leadership, the Partnership has become one of the nation’s preeminent providers of pro bono legal services to nonprofits serving the disadvantaged and providing...

Dykema recently announced that Allan Gabriel has been named director of the firm's Intellectual Property Department.
Based in the firm’s Los Angeles office, Mr. Gabriel joined Dykema in 2007 and focuses his practice on IP litigation with an emphasis on patent, trademark and copyright infringement; trade secrets; and false advertising...

The Supreme Court issued its decision yesterday in Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, No. 12-842, holding that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) does not limit the scope of discovery available to a judgment creditor in post-judgment execution proceedings against a foreign sovereign.
As part of NML’s efforts to collect on...

The Directorship 100 call for nominations is about to close. Click here to submit your nominations by May 12.
You are encouraged to nominate corporate directors and governance professionals who have demonstrated superior leadership in the boardroom. Please send your nominations for the following NACD Directorship 100 categories:
NACD Lifetime...

M. Carter Crow, partner-in-charge of the Houston office of Norton Rose Fulbright, is the new president of the Houston Bar Association (HBA). He took office May 15 at the HBA’s Annual Dinner Meeting at River Oaks Country Club. Mr. Crow succeeds David Chaumette of Chaumette PLLC. With over 11,400 members, the HBA is the fifth largest...

The New York City Bar Association applauds New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman’s proposed reforms for consumer credit actions filed in New York State courts. The reforms announced yesterday by the Chief Judge will go a long way toward improving access to justice for the tens of thousands of New Yorkers contending with debt collection...

In honor of Law Day, May 1, a national holiday recognizing the rule of law, the Houston Bar Association is sponsoring programs to educate children, teens and adults, as well as offering extended hours for its free legal advice program, LegalLine. The extended LegalLine program will be held on Wednesday, May 7, from noon until 9:00 p.m. The public is...

Women in eDiscovery, a nonprofit organization that brings together women interested in technology related to the legal profession, today announced the election results for the New Jersey Chapter Board of Directors.
Chapter Director – Lisa Whipkey – manager in the discovery practice of Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP and...

The Houston Bar Foundation (HBF) has announced its annual awards for pro bono service, volunteerism and legal writing. The HBF is the charitable arm of the Houston Bar Association (HBA) that enables the organization to fund crucial programs that provide legal services and support the administration of justice for all Harris County citizens.
S. Jack...

On Monday, February 24, The New York County Lawyers’ Association and the Metropolitan Black Bar Association will present the 12th annual Ida B. Wells‐Barnett Justice Award to Michele Coleman Mayes, vice president, general counsel, and secretary of The New York Public Library (NYPL). Visit nycla.org for more information on this event taking...

DTI, the nation’s largest privately held independent provider of e-discovery, legal process outsourcing and facilities management services, announced today that its founder and CEO, John Davenport Jr., will participate in a panel at an annual e-discovery session hosted in New York City by William Blair & Company, a global...

The New York State Bar Association will host its 137th Annual Meeting from Monday, January 27, through Saturday, February 1, at the New York Hilton Midtown (1335 Avenue of the Americas). The State Bar will present five days of compelling, topical and timely presentations, panel discussions and speeches on issues of...

The Houston Bar Association (HBA) is one of three organizations nationwide that will be honored by the American Bar Association (ABA) for Outstanding Law Day Activities in 2013. Through its extensive programming on the Law Day theme, “Realizing the Dream: Equality for All,” the HBA impacted over 53,000 people in the Houston area. The award...

The Houston Bar Association (HBA) today released the results of its 2013 Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire. The results are posted on the HBA website at http://www.hba.org/evaluationresults/.
Every two years, the HBA asks its members to evaluate members of the judiciary that serve in Harris County, as well as the Supreme Court of Texas and the Court of...

Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts (PMC) celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a program honoring Judge Arlin M. Adams and featuring a keynote address from former United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The event also recognized the invaluable contributions of Judges Phyllis W. Beck and Edmund B. Spaeth, Jr. to the fair courts...

The Texas Access to Justice Commission, in conjunction with the Texas General Counsel Forum, raised $48,583 for civil legal services during the 2nd annual Charity Golf Classic held Nov. 14 in San Antonio. This year’s event almost doubled the amount raised during last year’s inaugural tournament. The proceeds...